U2 ZOO TV Outside Broadcast Technical Outline 1992

In 2018, twenty six years after the end of the Outside Broadcast leg of the ZOO TV tour, I had the chance to get a copy of this amazing book. 

As mentioned on other entries, the tour rider is a compilation of all the requirements that any tour promoter must fulfill when they agree to produce a concert or tour.  

So this book was issued by the U2 management and sent to all the promoters that produced one or more shows of the Outside Broadcast. It contains all the details related to that incredible leg that took ZOO TV to stadiums in North America.

The cover is quite similar to the one used on the ZOO TV Leg 2 Europe itinerary but in this case it includes the text "Technical Outline 1992" in white letters.

Inside this white folder we can find 3 different blocks: The Outside Broadcast Technical Rider (21 white pages), ZOO TV Service Contacts (2 pink pages) and Personnel & Production Crew (4 blue pages).

The copy I got also included 2 more blocks with additional information or amendments to the original rider: One dated on August 6th 1992 (21 white pages) and a second and final one dated on August 22nd 1992 (23 green pages).

The rider includes several topics and information on materials related to the show production such as Staging, Crew Calls, Fork-lifts, cranes and Golfcarts, Seast, Radios, Telephones, Visqueen, Power requirements, Fuel & Transportation, Limousines, Bus/Truck Parking, Laundry, Soundcheck, Sound Volume, Cables, Passes, Toilets, Firs Aid, Towels, Security, Personnel Requirements, Catering Requirement, Private Rooms, Dressing Rooms,....

As you can imagine plenty of details are mentioned on this book as everything has to be under control when the tour arrives to the stadium.

Being a rider for the ZOO TV tour one of the important requirements is the Television Signal Feed that was key in the tour concept. So they needed a minimum of 15 TV Channels including a 24 hour home shopping network and a 24 hour weather channel.

Another requirement was that purchaser had to provide the name and phone number of a throat specialist who should be available from 7 am to 7 pm on the day of the show.







These are just a few details that we can find on this book. As mentioned, this copy covers Outside Broadcast only. We also have an entry for the Zooropa tour rider and we are sure that there were riders issued for the other legs of this tour.

Enjoy!

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